Which is the most powerful Jet Engine in terms of Thrust.
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RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
I think its the Rolls-Royce engines built for the 777. Combined, they put out more thrust than a Saturn 5 rocket. Anyone know the engine's designation?
On a side note, I wonder if the A380's engines will be more powerful, but there will be 4 of them compared to 2 on the 777.
On a side note, I wonder if the A380's engines will be more powerful, but there will be 4 of them compared to 2 on the 777.
RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
I think I meant Pratt & Whitney in that last one. I was wandering around the Airbus site before this 
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RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
More powerful than a Saturn V? I don't think so. Show me where you got that info.
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RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
The most powerful aircraft engine currently in service is Pratt & Whitney's PW4098 used on the 777-300. It is rated at 98,000lb thrust.
A side note:
GE will put its newest GE90, the GE90-115B, on test this year rated at 115,000lb thrust for the upcoming 777-300ER
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A side note:
GE will put its newest GE90, the GE90-115B, on test this year rated at 115,000lb thrust for the upcoming 777-300ER
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RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
The thrust on a first stage Saturn V is 6,000,000, pounds. Good Try. Even the puny Atlas, which put Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra, and Cooper into orbit, puts out about 370,000 lbs. thrust.
Greg
Greg
RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
It was on the discovery channel's special on the B777, they stated that the combined thrust at maximum was greater than the first rocket to take humans to the moon. I believe that was the Saturn 5, I'll check the books. And if anyone taped that show would you kindly check for me?
RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
Actually, the saturn V made over 7,500,000 lbs of thrust. Many many times more that any jet engine has ever made (or ever will).
RT
RT
RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
you talking about the first Mercury mission freedom 7 that send Alan B. Shepard, Jr in space for 15 mins
it was a redstone rocket am sure the 777 engines have give about the same thurst.
it was a redstone rocket am sure the 777 engines have give about the same thurst.
RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
Yes thank you!
I checked and the show was talking about the first rockets into space, not neccessarily to the moon. I appologize for my error. Think, I was only wrong by about 365,000 Km. That an astrological near-miss!
I checked and the show was talking about the first rockets into space, not neccessarily to the moon. I appologize for my error. Think, I was only wrong by about 365,000 Km. That an astrological near-miss!
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RE: The Most Powerful Engine.
It very well could have been the rocket that took them to the moon. That rocket was not the Saturn V. The Saturn V got them off the ground. Another actually took them to the moon.